# light-sodium-individual-food — FDA nutrient content claim qualification criteria

For light-sodium-individual-food, claim term is light; nutrient is sodium; food format is individual food (not a meal or main dish product); threshold is reduced by 50 percent or more in sodium content compared to the reference food; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.56(c)(1)(i), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.

- **Claim ID:** light-sodium-individual-food _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Claim term:** light _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Nutrient:** sodium _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Food format:** individual food (not a meal or main dish product) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Threshold:** reduced by 50 percent or more in sodium content compared to the reference food _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR section:** 21 CFR 101.56(c)(1)(i) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Special conditions:** the reference food contains 40 calories or less and 3 g fat or less per reference amount customarily consumed _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> A product for which the reference food contains 40 calories or less and 3 g fat or less per reference amount customarily consumed may use the term “light” or “lite” without further qualification if it is reduced by 50 percent or more in sodium content compared to the reference food; and

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-101/subpart-D

Last verified: 2026-08-17. Review by: 2027-08-17.
Part of [FDA nutrient content claim qualification criteria](https://referencesource.org/fda-nutrient-content-claim-criteria/).